Tuesday, January 25, 2005

That Little Black Room at the End of the Hall

A minor update on what's going on at school.

From what I gathered, there was a sit in on the Dean's class (Art, Politics, and Society) in which several students work home-made shirts that said different things from "Save Terry" to "The New Watkins" (written above a Nazi symbol). One student had her mouth duct taped shut the whole day!

The little black room at the end of the hall that once was the place for the video that started this whole ordeal has now become yet another centerpiece to this event. Instead of chalk graffiti expressing one's view on the matter and a crap load of pinned notes on the wall, the black room has been turned into a walk-in scrap book of sorts. Print outs of Terry's works are displayed, as well as e-mails from various students and articles from the local papers telling their readers how great a teacher Terry is. Each piece of paper is taped to the wall. The manner of how they are taped reminds me of how some younger children, mostly girls, would tape things into construction paper books as a keep-sake or memory journal. In fact, from a distance, that's what the room looks like.

A poster has been added after the Bake Sale showing how much money they made and how much money they need (to hire a lawyer maybe?). It's sitting on the floor, which causes one to see it as something other than a big thermometer. Take a wild guess as to what.

No new information in my mail box about anything big, however. This is just what I've been able to piece together given what I've heard and seen today. Chances are I'm totally wrong.

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